It's Gonna Take a Miracle

{{Short description|1965 single by the Royalettes}}

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| name = It's Gonna Take a Miracle

| cover = Its Gonna Take a Miracle by the Royalettes US single 1980s reissue side-B.png

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| caption = 1986 US reissue single of the Royalettes recording

| type = single

| artist = The Royalettes

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| B-side = Out of Sight, Out of Mind

| released = July 1965

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| genre = R&B{{cite web|first= Tom |last= Breihan |title= The Number Ones: Deniece Williams' "Let's Hear It For The Boy|website= Stereogum |date= August 19, 2020 |url= https://www.stereogum.com/2095059/the-number-ones-deniece-williams-lets-hear-it-for-the-boy/columns/the-number-ones/|quote= ...A 1982 cover of the Royalettes’ 1965 R&B ballad “It’s Gonna Take A Miracle,” which peaked at #10.|accessdate= July 29, 2023}}

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| label = MGM Records

| writer = {{plainlist}}

• Teddy Randazzo
• Bobby Weinstein
• Lou Stallman

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| next_title = I Want to Meet Him

| next_year = 1965

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"It's Gonna Take a Miracle" is a song written by Teddy Randazzo, Bobby Weinstein, and Lou Stallman. It was first an R&B hit in 1965 for The Royalettes, which reached the Top 30 on the U.S. R&B chart and peaked at number 41 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 37 on Cash Box.{{Cite web |url=http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/60s_files/19650918.html |title=Cash Box Top 100 Singles, September 9, 1965 |access-date=March 26, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150510190051/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/60s_files/19650918.html |archive-date=May 10, 2015 |url-status=dead }}{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=503}}

The most successful version of "It's Gonna Take a Miracle" was the 1982 cover by R&B and gospel singer Deniece Williams. Her version went to number 1 on the R&B chart for two weeks{{cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004 |publisher=Record Research |year=2004 |page=625 |author-link=Joel Whitburn}} and reached number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100.

The song was originally written and intended for Little Anthony and The Imperials, but they never recorded it due to a royalty dispute with the song's writers/label owners Teddy Randazzo and Don Costa at the group's record label, DCP (Don Costa Productions) Records.[http://www.classicurbanharmony.net/Sammy%20Strain%204%20LA%20&%20Imperials.pdf] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203184441/http://classicurbanharmony.net/Sammy%20Strain%204%20LA%20%26%20Imperials.pdf|date=2015-02-03}} Imperials member (and Double Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee) Sammy Strain recalls:

"We had a lot of hit records (with DCP) but we hadn’t received any royalties,” said Strain. “We protested and said we’re not going into the studio anymore until we get an accounting. We didn’t record for about eight or nine months. In the interim, Teddy Randazzo produced a girl group out of Baltimore called the Royalettes. He gave them a song called 'It’s Gonna Take a Miracle' which was written for Little Anthony & the Imperials. When it first came out, everybody thought it was us. He also produced Derek Martin who had a hit called 'You Better Go.' But we missed a million seller with 'Gonna Take a Miracle' when we went on strike with the record company."